A Pomona, California dance troupe’s interpretation of Beyonce’s Single Ladies is striking up controversy on the Web, as it showcases five scantily-clad female dancers wildly shaking and gyrating to the R&B hit. The controversy: the dancers are 8- and 9-year-olds !

With countless message boards filled with angry words directed at the adults behind the competition, some of the dancers’ parents appeared on Good Morning America Friday to give their sides of the story.

Cory Miller, who is the father one of the dancers, said the video has been “taken completely out of context,” and that the performance was “completely normal for dancing.

“On behalf of the parents, our best interest is for the kids,” Miller said. “Just know that the kids are doing something that they completely love to do. They compete in dance competitions … in front of family and friends.”